Floods and flooding in the United Kingdom
Construction work on the Newhaven flood alleviation scheme started on 3 January 2017, after 2 years of development including consultation with the local community. After a competitive tendering process, the…
Hundreds of trees will be planted across the Lake District today (Friday 10 February) in the first mass tree planting event ever attempted by the National Trust in the national…
Leading engineers, environmental scientists, water experts, landscape designers and architects have appealed to the government to ensure that the planned one million new homes are built to be resilient to…
The Environment Agency in England says that over 550,000 homes were protected by flood defences as stretches of the East coast of England were hammered by high waves and storm…
Communities along the east coast of England have been told to prepare for large waves and possible flooding throughout Friday 13 January and into Saturday morning. The Environment Agency said…
With wet and windy conditions expected from Friday and into the Christmas weekend, the Environment Agency is urging people to check their flood risk – especially if driving or staying…
LEEDS, England, December 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Hesco, manufacturers of the patented flood barrier JACKBOX™, a lightweight recyclable flood wall, has successfully won the tender to become the sole supplier…
New research published in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society identified evidence for human-influenced climate change for several heatwaves, record-low Arctic sea ice, Alaska’s intense…
Researchers from the University of Lincoln are embarking on a major new study to work out the true economic cost of coastal flooding and how farmland damaged by saltwater can…
Following the winter flooding last year, more than 1,200 troops across the UK have been put on 24-hour standby to help in the event of flooding this winter. As part…
Scientists at the University of Southampton have found that the majority of instances of coastal flooding around the United Kingdom in the last 100 years have been due to moderate…
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) announced last week that UK insurers have a small army of people ready to go into immediate action in the event of any flooding…
The floods that hit the UK last winter were the most extreme on record – and they may be a sign of worse to come, writes Richard Sadler for Climate…
A new scientific review of the winter floods of 2015/2016 confirms that the event was one of the most extreme and severe hydrological events of the last century. The new…
According to a new study by think tank Green Alliance, England’s flood strategy failing and a new approach urgently needed from government to protect communities and stop costs spiralling. The…
Beaches left decimated by the severe winter of 2013 to 2014 have still not recovered almost three years later, according to new research led by the University of Plymouth. The…
